Show J champions hamp ions the cause of the west referring ferring to the proposed com lion of irrigation projects now I 1 ler partial arti 1 construction and to erpa construction of oilier irrigation acts lecta I 1 most ost seriously urge that affirmative strong at rong policy should announced by the executive his declaration la is round in the V al 1 report ot or secretary ot of the inor pall fa 11 submitted u to the mi last week coupled with his in arment adment ot of a new and bigger irrl lon policy poll icy secretary rail fall rec rac mends ends that any hew diew reclamation enacted b by congress shall hall s vide that water rights shall be I 1 for a fixed sum and that deed payments by settlers shall r reasonable interest charges so se two latter features fed tures have not a incorporated in many of the ding irrigation bills but are em sized by secretary fall as being essary to a successful stul expansion the e federal reclamation policy secretary gere tary falls report in general amends the work or the A service and holds out the a reduction n overhead anses to lighten the burden on the the 11 ler er the secretary also beffeat effective ive those critics of the ree rec bation policy who nave been in lied led to set up the contention that ja j government is unjustified in d do 0 ill tor for the west w what hat it never did tor for ai east and middle sections ot of the antry in try ile Ve commending that thai tile the adminis jion on get squarely bellind behind a bill lor for bigger reclamation policy secre y fall in his report says the ithe necessary advances can be e arra year to year with becom jian llan 1 excessive burden upon the payers and as has already been ived ved by experience one years 1 p upon one acre of reclaimed irrl ted ed ground will be of a value keely in excess of 0 the total amount tended ended in rendering such acre inductive luct lve under the present or any proposed legislation of I 1 sv the cost ot such project will d 1 meaL the annual led cd WILU 1111 will lighten tax burdens upon all of the tax ors fers f ers ot of the country dealing with the matter of 0 pay ats b by settlers me ene secretary 3 bunder hunder the policy which has been owed where the water users have reed ea to repay the project costs and operation and maintenance until E construction charges have been I 1 paid ald the original estimates have I 1 cessa rily been very tery largely in ased in many instances and the riter I 1 users have found themselves der obligations to repay larger lounts bounts P per acre than had bad been ion con lib and in some instances der stood by them this has been ought about at times kimta oy the insist ce 6 of the users themselves that adon k I 1 n should hould be mass mace or additional ph it 11 aich w was not originally I 1 secretary Sec Pec retry rail refers to the ariti mi m of the general policy of ampro bating government money for rec of hid aid lands Ite citing that plaint and answer answering ng it the see sec try eary says I 1 1 I have it remarked that in e development of me old states ticul arly of the middle west and irth west the plo pioneers nears who mado made lines imes in such states not roceli 1 ithe the assistance drom the govern ent t L which was being demanded by accorded to tho the people 0 of the thel est of course these statements ris mado made tn ought as refe rence to our recent history will at 1 e disclose the he moneys appropriated by cona for the reclamation projects derived almost entirely from the of 0 public lands in tho the public jl states from from oil a the public lands in the public d states and similar sources of jnue nue and tho the cost of the pros under the law is to be and is ig g repaid by the purchasers of er rights and lands under the elect lect act themselves thus constituting bur sabIe funds to ve e used again they ey are received in the treasury outright appropriation has so far in mado made to tho the states stales of the west to 0 water users in such states reference to the history to fo the alc lie lands will show that in 1 1837 there was taken from the eye in the treasury or cho the unit states il which sum Bs deposited to various var ous states the sums to remain on oil de kit it with the states until otherwise by congress approximately ol of the total of so deposited was mone money y in the treasury from tile the proceeds ot of public c land sales and needless to say botone not one cent of tills this money has ever been returned A very simple calculation at 5 per cent interest will disclose that thus the states mentioned received outright from the public land funds of the united states as money as has ever been expended n the reclamation of arid lands in the west which latter sums however are under the law to be repaid in ill lull by tile the ind individuals developing homes arid and cultivating the lands under the arri irrigation a projects in the course of 0 his report secretary fall refers to the proposed use of areas within national parks for foi storing water for irrigation purposes and clearly defends his own attitude which Is somewhat different from the attitude taken by the preceding administration secretary falls views are ara expressed in the following language there have been many projects contemplating use of 0 water tor for power powei and other purposes within the park limits A few months since I 1 announced the policy of the department under its present heau head with reference to this matter and muy may re state it here to wit that no proposition forthe use c water by lm im pounding or otherwise tile limits of the park itself would rec receive elc consideration at leas of a favor able nature from myself dunles such proposed project was to be constructed ted maintained and operated by the government of the united states it may be possible that li ii some instances under such govern mental control waters could be used without detriment to sae me park or in jury to the purposes tor for which it wak wai established each such proposition where it Is coupled jiin the provision of government construction maintenance and control will receive proper consideration upon its owr crits the general policy being no to approve any project which will in with the pur purposes toses for ahiel the parks were set aside |